Adobe 65064073 User Manual page 79

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Adjust image tonal scale

You adjust the image tonal scale using the tone controls in the Basic panel. As you set the white and black points,

keep an eye on the end points of the histogram, or use the shadow and highlight clipping previews.

(Optional) In the Tone area of the Basic panel, click Auto to set the overall tonal scale. Lightroom sets the sliders

to maximize the tonal scale and minimize highlight and shadow clipping.

Adjust the tone controls:

Sets the overall image brightness, with a greater effect in the high values. Adjust the slider until the photo

Exposure

looks good and the whites are at the right level. Use Recovery to bring highlight values down.

Exposure values are in increments equivalent to f-stops. An adjustment of +1.00 is similar to increasing the aperture

1 stop. Similarly, an adjustment of –1.00 is similar to reducing the aperture 1 stop.

Reduces the tones of extreme highlights and attempts to recover highlight detail lost because of camera

Recovery

overexposure. Lightroom can recover detail in raw image files if one or two channels are clipped.

Lightens shadow to reveal more detail while maintaining blacks. Take care not to over apply the setting and

Fill Light

reveal image noise.

Specifies which image values map to black. Moving the slider to the right increases the areas that become

Blacks

black, sometimes creating the impression of increased image contrast. The greatest effect is in the shadows, with

much less change in the midtones and highlights.

Adjusts image brightness, mainly affecting midtones. Set the overall tonal scale by setting Exposure,

Brightness

Recovery, and Blacks. Then set the overall image brightness. Large brightness adjustments can affect shadow or

highlight clipping, so you may want to readjust the Exposure, Recovery or Blacks slider after adjusting brightness.

Increases or decreases image contrast, mainly affecting midtones. When you increase contrast, the middle-

Contrast

to-dark image areas become darker, and the middle-to-light image areas become lighter. The image tones are

inversely affected as you decrease contrast.

You can increment the slider values by selecting the value and using the up and down arrow keys.

Double-clicking the slider control resets the value to zero.

For more information on recovering highlight detail in overexposed photos, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_lr_rec.

For a video on adjusting a photo's tone curves, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_lr_video_curve.

For a video on basic color correction, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_lr_video_correct.

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